Religious affiliation(s) Christian School district Granville Principal Ivanoe Gordon Motto A Fountain of Knowledge | Status Active Chairperson Jaqueline Knight Grades Grade 1-6 | |
Granville Primary School is a co-educational primary school located in Granville, Trelawny in Jamaica. A free institution under management of the Jamaican Minister of Education which is responsible for most of the school's tuition, the school offers education from the 1st through the 6th grades.
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Curriculum
The school teaches a variety of subjects, but also takes special interest in the subjects of math, science, English and social studies. Each homeroom teaches different subjects by teachers who are assigned to a group of students for the whole school year. The teachers aim to ready students for the Grade Six Achievement Test (formerly known as Common Entrance) which each student takes in the 6th grade to determine which high school they will attend.
Student leadership development
Students who excel academically and display other positive qualities receive the honour of becoming a student prefect, a student leader with a higher status than hall monitors. Prefects are each assigned a class which they are responsible for organizing during morning devotion and students re-entering after lunch. They also have duties during lunch, like ensuring that students do not leave campus. They are permitted the privilege of entering class 10 minutes late.
Extracurricular activities
As for extracurriculars, the school participates in a number of national and regional competitions, often receiving awards. Among these are the Gleaner Spelling Bee Competition, cricket, soccer and 4-H competitions. The school won the Gleaner Spelling Competition three times in a row with Nigel Phillips winning once and Lariecia Harvey winning twice. The school also has an Inter-House Quiz Competition.
Sports
The school also participates in the following sports: